Qin Official

After Qi was destroyed by Qin, its territory was divided into four parts: Jibei County in the west, Langya County in the south, Linzi County in the middle, and Jiaodong County on the Jiaodong Peninsula.

The jurisdiction of Jiaodong County probably included the four cities of Weifang, Weihai, Yantai, and Qingdao in later generations.

It sounds quite beautiful, my dear, these are the three most livable cities. However, the seashores these days are not as developed as in later generations. Weihai, Yantai, and Qingdao are all still small fishing villages or uninhabited beaches. The county seat of Jiaodong County is Jimo City, followed by the two major counties of Gaomi and Yeyi. Half of the county's population is concentrated in these three places.

Near Chunyu, the official road is divided into two, one heading to the northeast and the other to the southeast. The north road leads to Yeyi, and the south road leads directly to Gaomi.

Heifu and his party took the southern route. Before they arrived, he was assassinated in Chunyu County and wanted to find out the news about his rebellion. They arrived in Gaomi County first and frightened the county magistrate, prime ministers, lieutenants, and local powerful officials in the city. It's not easy.

Some people say that under the order of the black-faced county governor, Chunyu County was decimated. Everyone involved was arrested and imprisoned, as many as hundreds. Even petty officials and powerful officials were not spared. For a time, Chunyu County's jails became a city, and ocher clothes blocked the roads.

Some people also say that the two officials, Chunyu County Magistrate and County Lieutenant, were dismissed from their posts on the spot by the new county governor for dereliction of duty!

This made the Gaomi County Magistrate, the Prime Minister, and the Wei tremble. Chun was their close neighbor. They were all assigned to be officials together after the Qin State destroyed Qi five years ago, and they had frequent contacts. Although Chun Yuling is old, he has been in office for several years without any trouble, and the old county guard didn't care much about him. Good guy, the new county guard was dismissed as soon as he came.

They touched the official seals on their waists and suddenly became nervous. The county magistrate immediately asked people to wait at the county border. He asked all the county officials, powerful officials, and elders to come to Shiliting to greet them in person. The county captain ordered the soldiers and thieves to strengthen the defenses inside and outside the city. They must not let Xiaoxiao's gang collide with the county guard again. The county magistrate also stayed up all night in the office, sorting out the prison records of the past five years in case the county guard made a surprise inspection.

The next day, everyone gathered at Shiliting saw a group of carriages and horses approaching on the road from a distance. When they asked the knight who opened the way, they found that it was indeed the county guard who had arrived. Their expressions suddenly changed and they hurriedly braved the wind and snow to greet them.

The black car hood covered with wind and snow, painted red, opened the door, and a high-ranking official wearing a bearskin fur and a crest on his head stepped out of the carriage. All the officials from Gaomi hurried over to see him.

"The magistrate, prime minister, and lieutenant of Gaomi County, pay your respects to the county prince!"

Heifu saw the snowflakes covering the bodies of the three of them. He thought he stood in the open air for a long time on purpose to show his welcome, and then he smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, you three."

This kind smile made the three officials stunned. According to rumors, shouldn't this be a brave general with ruthless policies?

Before they could react, Heifu actually looked at the three of them and joked: "People are nurtured by the soil and water of Gaomi. When I was in Linzi, I heard a captain say that the three of them had previously served in the army. After a few years, But his waist is ten girths larger, and his shoulders are three inches wider."

This is an exaggeration. In fact, he is not that fat. The three officials all came from the Qin Dynasty. Back then, they were able to climb out of mountains of swords and seas of blood and accumulate military merits and titles bit by bit. But in the past five years, after staying in the peaceful and comfortable Qidi for a long time, the horses have been released in Nanshan, the swords have been blunted, and the beards have regenerated. The former strong soldiers have now become potbellied.

"You've learned a lesson from the magistrate." They all laughed ugly because they didn't know whether it was a joke or a warning. The magistrate even felt so guilty that he tightened his belly to make himself look thinner.

Heifu's eyes had already gone beyond them: "Are these the officials and powerful officials of Gaomi County?"

The Gaomi County Magistrate quickly introduced them one by one. When he introduced Tian Shifu Yan Bo, Heifu looked the short middle-aged man up and down: "Are you from the Gaomi Yan family?"

"This official is the son of the head of the Yan clan." Yan Bo carefully answered in blunt Guanzhong elegance.

Hei Fu said again: "I heard that the Gaomi Yan family was after the famous Prime Minister Yan Zi of Jiang Qi?"

Yan Bo looked at Gao Mi Ling, and they signaled him to continue, and then he dared to say: "Yanzi is the distant ancestor of the subordinates, and Yan is the official of Jiang Qi. He helped Duke Zhuang of Qi to destroy Lai, and was granted the title of Yiwei. Yiwei is Gaomi, from then on, I will call this my home town..."

Yan Ying was born in this city, and passed through several generations of Qi princes. He was smart, witty, and eloquent. He assisted the state internally and cooperated with the princes externally. His reputation is still very famous two thousand years later.

However, the good days of the Yan family did not last long. By the time of Yan Ying's son Yan Yu (yu), the Tian family of the Qing clan became powerful and seized the power of the Qi State. Yan Yu was a die-hard Jiang faction. After losing in the struggle, , the family declined, and Gaomi was captured by the Tian family and made into a county. During the reign of Tian Qi, the Yan family was still not allowed to be reused, and they lived in a tepid manner for more than two hundred years. However, an emaciated camel was bigger than a horse. Today, he is also the leader of the Gaomi tycoons. His family is rich in hundreds of gold, and his child servants are vassal. Hundreds.

Heifu suddenly looked very interested: "It turns out that after being a famous official, is there a Yanzi Temple in the city?"

Gao Mi Ling rushed to say: "Yes, in the west of the city!"

"Good." Hei Fu signaled: "The second and third sons will lead the way. I have heard the story of Yan Zi and have always admired him. Now that I pass by his temple, I must pay homage to him!"

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The impression Heifu left on everyone in Gaomi was different from the black terror in Chunyu County. He put away his cold appearance and replaced it with a gentle smile. He did not replace Gaomi officials and was friendly to the local leaders. The first thing he did when he arrived in Gaomi was to worship Yanzi Temple in person to show respect for this local sage.

In Yanzi Temple, he also took out a long-prepared "gift", a paper manuscript of "Yanzi Chunqiu"!

Yan Bo, his old father, and the head of the Yan clan were still trembling with fear, not knowing exactly what the black-faced county guard was going to do. When I saw this book, I was immediately shocked. I took it tremblingly and took a look at it. I found that it was actually a complete book. It was more complete than the few fragments they had collected. Many lost stories could be found in it!

Chen Ping, the chief historian, explained: "After the fall of Tian Qi, all the books in Linzi were transported to the Yushi Mansion in Xianyang. The governor of the county, Su Xi, Yan Pingzhong, asked for the book from Zhuxia Shi, and ordered the knife and pen officials to sort it out. Copied them one by one on paper and bound them into a volume. When I came together, I brought two volumes with me..."

Heifu said: "I will continue to study this one. As for this one, I will give it to the Yan family and enshrine it in the Yanzi Temple."

The Yan family and their son quickly bowed their heads and thanked the county governor for his kindness, but Hei Fu helped them up and said with emotion:

"I should be grateful to Yan Zi. I have benefited a lot from the deeds of everyone in the book, and my favorite is the story of "Yan Zi's Envoy to Chu"."

Heifu even recited in public: "Oranges grown in Huainan are called tangerines, and those grown in north Huaibei are called tangerines. The leaves are similar, but the taste is different. So why? The water and soil are different. Nowadays, when people grow up in Qi, they don't steal, but when they move to Chu, they steal. How can the land and water without Chu make the people good at stealing? Hey, this statement is vivid in my mind, it is really witty and clever. I only regret that I was born three hundred years too late and could not be friends with Yanzi!"

He wasn't lying. When he studied this text in his previous life, he really liked Yan Ying. Short politicians often have extraordinary charm.

At the end, Heifu even said in public: "If Yan Zi is here, even if I hold the whip for him, I can still listen!"

This statement shocked everyone. The Gaomi County magistrate, prime ministers, and lieutenants continued to echo throughout the whole process. The Yan family and other powerful clans in Gaomi were deeply moved by Heifu's performance.

He came to the temple to worship as soon as he got off the car. This could be faked, and it was not difficult for this official to send someone to copy "Yan Zi Chun Qiu".

But if you can recite the classic passages in it, it must be true and cannot be fake!

After some worship, Heifu announced that Yanzi Temple would be used as a local "official sacrifice" in Gaomi, with officials presiding over the sacrifice once a year, which made Yan even more delighted. They were originally frightened by the murderous reputation Heifu left in Chunyu, but now they feel that this is a rare and good county guard.

That night, when the officials and officials in Gaomi County were hosting a banquet for Heifeng, the officials and officials took turns to toast him and said many flattering words.

But Hei Fu made gestures to silence everyone, raised his cup and said: "When I was in Linzi, passing by the sleeping platform on Qigong Road, the official stationed there told me a story. At that time, Qi Jinggong and Yan Zi were sitting on the road. Qi Jinggong sighed and said: 'What a beautiful room! I don't know who will occupy it in the future.'"

"Yanzi said, who occupies this room, is it the Tian family? Although the Tian family does not have great virtues, but he is generous to the people, he will rule Qi. If the descendants of the princes are a little lazy, the Qi country may be destroyed. Take Tian’s place!"

This story was told to Heifu by Chen Ping after his one-day trip to Linzi, and it is used now.

Hei Fu sighed: "Yanzi is wise and has true knowledge and insight. Within a hundred years, the Tian family succeeded Jiang Qi, and the marquis and kings of the Tian family slaughtered the Lu family, chased the country and high places, deposed the Yan family, and moved them all to Lai. Tian Qi has been in power for more than a hundred years, and the four clans have not been able to use it again. The descendants of Junhouqing and officials are farming in Jiaodong, and the sacrifice of the ancestral temple is actually the hard work of the villagers. It is really sad and hateful!"

Jiaodong hundreds of years ago was the old land of Lai State that had just been conquered by Qi State. It had the worst economic conditions and the smallest population. Therefore, Yan, Guo, and Gao who failed in the struggle were all driven to open up wasteland. The last king of Jiang Qi, Duke Kang of Qi was also moved to the Jiaodong seaside and ate a whole city to worship him first. For more than a hundred years after that, these families were firmly suppressed by the Tian family and had no chance of revival. They were the depressed people in the Tian Qi era.

Others were fine. Several scholars of the Yan family couldn't help sighing, thinking that Qi Jinggong was too confused. Yan Zi had already talked about this, but he didn't realize the Tian family's ambition, which eventually led to the usurpation of the country. They are quite nostalgic for the Jiang Qi era when their family was ranked as a minister and was famous all over the world...

During the reign of Tian Qi, the descendants of Yan Zi did not dare to express their dissatisfaction. Now that Tian Qi is dead and a good county governor who "worships Yan Zi" has come, they all agree.

Heifu, who was born in a mud-legged family, seemed to have forgotten his class at this moment. After complaining about the injustice for the Yan family and other Jiang Qi old nobles, he said another imaginative statement.

"Now that the Tian family has won the country unfairly and was destroyed by the soldiers, this can be regarded as my Majesty, the First Emperor of Qin, avenging Jiang Qi!"

ha? Everyone looked at each other, is there such a thing?

But think about it, Qin Shihuang put Guan Zhong, a famous prime minister in Jiang Qi's era, into the "Jingbian Temple" and built temples in Linzi and other places to offer sacrifices. Does it seem that he really sympathized with Jiang Qi?

While everyone was thinking about it, Hei Fu stood up and said seriously: "The governor of this county is here to take office. He is preparing to restore the honor of the clans that were deposed and suppressed by the Tian family in the past, so that their descendants can serve in the government and assist the officials of Qin. This government should be managed by The beginning of Gaomi began with the Yan family!"

After saying this, he looked at the dumbfounded chief of the Yan clan and said without comment: "I want to conquer the Yan clan and the good sons of Gaomi's powerful leaders. I will take them to Jimo, enter the school, use the officials as teachers, and learn the laws of Qin. , Yayan, so that he can be reused in the future, what do you think?"